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Membrane Biology

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Decks in this class (19)

Ion Channels
What are 3 functional properties ...,
What are the 3 families of ion ch...,
Where are muscarinic receptors found
8  cards
Membrane Potential Generation
Define resting ion channels,
Define gated channels,
What generates an electrical pote...
24  cards
Passive Membrane Properties
What is capacitance,
What are the 3 main passive prope...,
What happens when a current is in...
18  cards
Neuronal Action Potential
What do action potentials in neur...,
When are sodium channels activated,
What does the influx of sodium io...
11  cards
Synaptic Transmission
What is the function of gap junct...,
Where are gap junctions present,
What is epsp
21  cards
Neuro-muscular junction
What is the neuromuscular junction,
What is the function of the schwa...,
What happens at rest
24  cards
Skeletal Muscle Contraction
What is the structure of skeletal...,
Where do the striations arise from,
What do thin filaments contain
25  cards
Functions of Skeletal Muscle
Define extensibility,
Define elasticity,
Define contractility
22  cards
Smooth Muscle: excitation and contraction
What are features of smooth muscle,
What is phasic smooth muscle,
What is tonic smooth muscle
13  cards
Smooth Muscle Propagation
What do slow oscillations in the ...,
What can tonic contractile activi...,
What is pharmaco mechanical coupling
8  cards
Voltage Clamping
Who discovered the voltage clampi...,
What does the degree of depolariz...,
What causes the sodium activation...
9  cards
Endocytosis
What is endocytosis,
What are the two fates for molecu...,
What are the 3 endocytic pathways
36  cards
Exocytosis
What is the constitutive pathway,
What is the regulated secretory p...,
What is protein sorting
27  cards
Synaptic Transmission Disruption
What nerve agent disrupts transmi...,
What is novichok s moa,
What is the result of increased a...
23  cards
The Cannabinoids
Define cannabinoid,
What are the 3 main pharma coacti...,
What are the 3 classes of cannabi...
27  cards
Protein Synthesis in Nervous System
What 3 main proteins do aa sequen...,
What are cytosolic proteins folde...,
What is n acylation
29  cards
Microtubule and molecular motors
Why is the delivery process for p...,
What do cytoskeletal structures form,
What do molecular motors do
58  cards
Endoplasmic Reticulum Function
What makes up the er,
What are the differenced between ...,
What is the function of the rough er
27  cards
Second Messenger Signalling
What two receptor classes gate io...,
What does second messenger signal...,
What do g proteins detect
13  cards

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